Need infor on setting up a forum on my website

[outfctrl]

Amyone know of a good free forum i can install on my website? Or is there a program I can get that will generate this.

Thanks,

Barry

[sophiespo]

ikonboard

there is a discussion going on about it in the cgi/perl forum *i think thats the right one*
I have it on my site..
:)

sophie

[FunkyBacon]

There is also one called PHP BB. I think that one id superior... but it's quite a pain in the arse to get a good PHP/MySQL board to ork on here with their CGI PHP version.

[sophiespo]

i must say im a little intimidated at the thought of trying to use the cgi php thing.. i know nothing about php (I used it a little at a free server to practice, but the server was down too often for me to get a real hang of it).
I think Ill worry about passing my exams before I fork out for a database and tear my hair out over php *sigh*
I just recommended ikonboard because its easy to set up and straightforward to use, and resembles some popular forum scripts (ubb) the difference being its free to use.

sophie

[Vern]

ikonboard also allows you to hack and change their board in about anyway you choose as long as their copyright stays at the bottom and has a superb forum for support, hacks, and add ons!

[TheBrainCel]

MySql version of Ikonboard is as good as paid forums and very fast ;)

[delvedesigns]

the free ezboards is always a good option...as long as you have a "webwasher" for all those nasty ads. (Matter of fact, I think they have gotten worse recently)

[gator]

Check out the Forum I use at http://www.hobby-world.com/cgi-bin/webbbs_config.pl

I use WebBBS. It is a great program and fully customizable. You can go directly to their site at http://awsd.com/scripts/webbbs/

Good Luck!!

Gator

[ChuckDavis]

I use FrontPage 2000 for my web site and have found no problems in the included Discussion Forums generated.

Visit: http://www.anthemwebs.com

[FunkyBacon]

Heh, your rates are more expensive than mine and I do all my crap by hand... *considers charging more for design services*

i have found the easiest forum to install on powweb to be the latest in the version 2.x series of ikonboard. I recently set one up for a client, and it literally took me 10 minutes to get it up and running. That's quite a shot less than it takes me to install a php based board.

[Jeff321]

I just installed Ikonboard and I like it a lot.

http://win.ikonboard.com/?home

[Kehfera]

As you can see this forum is run with the PHP-CGI vBulletin forum. It is one of the best forums I have see. There is also a PORTAL Front end for this in case you only want to have the forum as your web site.

vbPortal for a fine frontend (http://phpportals.com/)

I would be glad to help with any issues... as I have time... for those who have problems with vBulletin. When I loaded mine vBulletin was only able to help with suggestions because they were not configured like Powweb. I have loaded and reloaded - just to learn and test... that I think I have it down pat... loading and running that is.

There is so much more for this bulletin board than most I have seen. The other bulletin is PHP Nuke (http://www.phpnuke.org/). This too is more powerful than IkonBoards.

It depends on what you need and the appearance you wish to convey to your endusers. My board is a hobby board and it is nice to have a calendar so that I can add meetings and events that users might be interested in. It is new with no members at the moment but you can see what a little customizing can do too.


Cheer,
Kehf

The Dowsers Network (http://www.dowsers.net/)

[middleground]

As you can see this forum is run with the PHP-CGI vBulletin forum

I don't think this one is running on a customer account- see topic:
http://forum.powweb.com/showthread.php?threadid=18


When I loaded mine vBulletin was only able to help with suggestions because they were not configured like Powweb. I have loaded and reloaded - just to learn and test... that I think I have it down pat... loading and running that is.

Please see this topic (http://forum.powweb.com/showthread.php?threadid=1213)- you (if interested) would be a great help on trying to get some of these install documented.

As for the original topic- OpenBB is a very good board and I just finished a flawless install. It is php / MySQL powered. Can see it installed here (http://www.cahsalumni.com/openbb/).
Simple directions are in this topic (http://forum.powweb.com/showthread.php?threadid=1213)

Also- phpNuke in itself is not a forum (version 5.4 beta yes- not a good one, but 5.2 / 5.31- no). In most cases- a forum has been modified to work as a module in nuke. Note however- nuke on PowWeb is also a major challenge.

[sophiespo]

middleground, Nuke is DEFINITELY not a challenge. I can get Nuke installed for anyone on Powweb within 10 or so minutes. Check it out:

http://portal.gothictwilight.net

sophie

[middleground]

Originally posted by sophiespo
middleground, Nuke is DEFINITELY not a challenge. I can get Nuke installed for anyone on Powweb within 10 or so minutes. Check it out:

http://portal.gothictwilight.net

sophie

Looks great. Soory, I thought it was a bit more trouble (for the average user who doesn't mess with php / file editing- the upload and go types)

Would you be interested in sharing the details?

[sophiespo]

Im in the middle of writing the how-to.. its going to go with the rest that we are talking about in the other thread. Unfortunately I havent had much time as of late, but Ill get onto it tonight. :)

sophie